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12-19-2004, 06:38 PM
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 Spammers ordered to pay $1 billion
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- A federal judge has awarded an Internet service provider more than $1 billion in what is believed to be the largest judgment ever against spammers.
Fulll story: http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/12/18/sp....ap/index.html
About time...
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12-19-2004, 06:50 PM
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12-19-2004, 09:24 PM
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1 BILLION?! Thats an insane ammount of money for just spam...
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12-19-2004, 09:32 PM
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Not really Birdo, this wouldn't be the average spammer. We are probably talking about someone sending millions/billions of e-mails a day. Spam can clog up networks and cost companies millions of pounds each and every day.
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12-19-2004, 09:47 PM
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Yea, I dout they will get the money in the end  .
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12-20-2004, 02:16 AM
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Dude...
Look at this number.... $1,000,000,000
That's just nuts.
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12-20-2004, 11:53 AM
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im gunna start taking the people that send me spam to court!
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12-20-2004, 06:26 PM
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We'd lose too... I bet... lolol
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12-20-2004, 06:58 PM
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12-20-2004, 07:47 PM
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Bazza, I dout it was an individual who is sueing them, isn't it a comapny or something.
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